cannot perform emergency abortions for women whose lives are at risk. candidate donald trump has promised to appoint more such judges to the federal courts who will ban more abortions in more states. the texas state supreme court ruled in favor of the republican texas attorney general ken paxton s argument preventing a pregnant woman named kate cox, a mother of two, from obtaining a medically necessary abortion in texas. here s what kate cox s attorney told chris hayes. i just really want people to put themselves in her shoes, and think about who they want in the medical room with their husband and their doctors. is it ken paxton? or not? joining us now, michelle goodwin, constitutional law and global health policy professor at georgetown law school. she is co-faculty director of the national and global health law institute, and the author
the texas state supreme court ruled in favor of the republican texas attorney general ken paxton s argument preventing a pregnant woman named kate cox, a mother of two, from obtaining a medically necessary abortion in texas. here s what kate cox s attorney told chris hayes. i just really want people to put themselves in her shoes, and think about who they want in the medical room with their husband and their doctors. is it ken paxton? or not? joining us now, michelle goodwin, constitutional law and global health policy professor at georgetown law school. she is co-faculty director of the national and global health law institute, and the author of policing the womb, invisible women and the criminalization of motherhood. professor goodwin, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i am struck by the words of these republican appointed federal judges in their ruling,
prejudice. a biased decision maker who should have recused herself, failed to provide lawful due process. the secretary of state responded in a statement writing, i have confidence in my decision and in the rule of law. everyone who serves in government has a duty and obligation to uphold the constitution first, above all. the court has until sunday to decide whether to overturn bellows ruling. that decision can be appealed all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. 9 we do have timing issues with that as well. we ll speak with secretary of state bellows when she joins us later today on morning joe. what s so interesting, willie, again this is the question about january 6th, was it violent? was it an insurrection? of course it was an insurrection. we can go through all the details as to what was happening there, who was injured, who died, what weapons were used, who was in jail for now years of their lives for participating in
payments could go. the stronger case, the one that donald trump is most scared of is, indeed, the case in washington, d.c. over election interference. jack smith excluded any other co-defendants, only put forth four counts to the grand jury. the judge is the right judge for that trial. the only question i have is how long will it take the supreme court to rule on immunity? it will not be anywhere close, it will be a clear cut ruling and the u.s. supreme court is going to defer, is going to deny even hearing this matter and defer to the lower court and then it s game on. i think that s the case that helps the greatest threat. he knows it. wow. okay.